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The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
Robert Jordan
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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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There were many good years. Good decades, good centuries. We believed we were living in paradise. Perhaps that was our downfall. We wanted our lives to be perfect, so we ignored imperfections. Problems were magnified through inattention and war might have become inevitable if the Bore hadn't ever made.
Robert Jordan
In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.
Robert Jordan
Let most men have a finger and they will have the whole hand before you know. Let a clan cheif have a finger and he will have the entire arm.
Robert Jordan
Demandred blocked Lan's attack but he breathed hoarsely. Who are you? Demandred whispered again. No one of this Age has such skill. Asmodean? No, no. He couldn't have fought me like this. Lews Therin? It is you behind that face, isn't it? I am just a man, Lan whispered. That is all I have ever been.
Robert Jordan
Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
Robert Jordan
Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn't a balance.
Robert Jordan
Any day you wake up, maybe you die.
Robert Jordan
Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
Robert Jordan
i can't understand her well son, you might as well try to understand the sun. derived form the book:fires of heaven by robert jordan.
Robert Jordan
When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
Robert Jordan
Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often.
Robert Jordan
Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes? - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.
Robert Jordan
When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.
Robert Jordan
If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.
Robert Jordan
There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.
Robert Jordan
My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.
Robert Jordan
It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.
Robert Jordan
Dovie'andi se tovya sagain!
Robert Jordan
A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.
Robert Jordan
The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
Robert Jordan
